There are probably many more "walkable" areas in our region to go out and enjoy!

Almost certainly. We just picked 10 spots from around the region to test and then ranked them according to their walk scores. If we had the time (and patience), we would have done something more extensive.

Prevention magazine recently released a ranking of "walkable" cities that did take crime stats into account. They also included a bunch of other criteria. The report ranked the 10 largest cities in each state according to walkability. Albany and Schenectady ranked #6 and #7 respectively for New York.

Too bad some of the places they take into "walkability" consideration don't exist anymore. I ran three addresses to check out their walkableness and each one had at least 2 nearby businesses/destinations that are no longer open (grocery stores, libraries, restaurants, etc.)

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